Small Box Discount Retailers & Big Dollar Zoning Issues

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Attorney Mike Homier is presenting "Small Box Discount Retailers & Big Dollar Zoning Issues" at the 2022 Michigan Townships Association Annual Conference on April 26 at the Lansing Center.

Small box discount retailers—aka “dollar stores”—are significantly impacting local economies, particularly small businesses and local grocers. Get an overview of the economic impact, industry expansion strategies, how this industry growth limits access to healthy food options for low-income families by edging out grocers and what municipalities in other parts of the country are doing. Then we’ll focus on zoning options townships can adopt to address discount retailer growth, as well as the related opportunities, risks and complications such zoning changes may bring about.